After greater than half of “The Problem: USA” opponents stop through the season finale, forged members started complaining about inconsistencies within the guidelines.
Tyson Apostol, who dominated all season lengthy, finally ended up dropping after he couldn’t end a Sudoku puzzle. In an interview with Leisure Weekly, he stated that whereas Sarah Lacina was in a position to day trip of the primary puzzle, manufacturing didn’t permit him to day trip.
“I don’t know if she timed out of Sudoku, no one was there to see her do it they usually didn’t present her doing it on digital camera,” he stated. Lacina, together with Danny McCray, went on to win the season — and have been the one two who really completed the Sodoku and scaled the mountain.
He additionally claimed that one producer on set instructed him the principles have been in his head, however not written anyplace. His ally by the whole season, Angela Rummans, was disqualified midway by the ultimate race after she selected to choose out of a contest as a result of she knew she wouldn’t win, assuming she might simply take final place in that leg.
“She let her motives be very recognized to everybody. It wasn’t like she simply snuck off and stop the problem, she was like, ‘I’m going to mattress as a result of I’m not going to have the ability to even beat anyone on this,’” he stated, including that permit her know that she can be disqualified.
Nevertheless, McCray and Lacina famous on the “Actuality Rundown” podcast that there have been written guidelines on a board, which acknowledged you needed to full the problem to maneuver on to the following spherical.
Danny McCray on ‘The Problem: USA’
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“If persons are like, ‘Oh nicely, she’s simply taking final,’ nicely, she does say, ‘I stop. I’m going to preserve my power.’ It’s like, you’re not even attempting and it’s important to make some type of try. Cayla [Platt] was going to get final within the meals consuming, however she nonetheless needed to eat all of it. If she simply opted out and took final, they might have counted that as a stop,” Lacina stated. “It’s not truthful that you simply simply get a relaxation since you assume it’s unfair.”
As for the opposite “inconsistencies,” each Lacina and McCray stated that they did see some “shaky” guidelines — however nothing that gave a bonus to at least one participant over one other.
“I felt like all of us bought the identical guidelines, all of us have been in a position to probably make the identical errors. I don’t assume any of us bought a aggressive benefit, which is my largest factor,” McCray stated. “Was a few of it tousled, and we have been like, ‘Y’all’s guidelines are loopy?’ Yeah. However as to figuring out who received and who misplaced, I believe they did the very best that they may to be as truthful as attainable.”
Lacina, who labored with Apostol for a part of the season earlier than he turned on her alliance, added, “Who’re the people who complain about it? The winners? It may well’t be his fault he misplaced, so let’s blame it on one thing else. Should you didn’t win, you didn’t win, that’s simply the way in which it’s. You don’t see the winners complain about it as a result of it was truthful. It’s truthful. All season, he’s been doing nothing however chirping about how nice he’s. Now rapidly, manufacturing sucks.”
As for the winnings, everyone seems to be on the identical web page. The group was instructed all through the season that they have been battling for $500,000. In the long run, nevertheless, it ended up being half of that.
“We had all assumed that the prize goes to be one winner, $500K, as a result of it’s the ‘Problem champion’ shifting on to a different a part of a event — singular. We get to the highest and I’m like, okay me and Sarah, we’re splitting the $500,000, that means we get $250,000. Then we hear that if everyone had crossed the end line, all of their cash would have got here out of that $500,000 after which me and Sarah would have cut up what was left of it. So it was very unusual,” McCray stated. “We come from ‘Survivor,’ the place you get $1 million {dollars}. Xavier [Prather] got here from ‘Large Brother,’ the place you get $750K. ‘Superb Race’ is $1 million {dollars}. I’m like, ‘We did all this for a way a lot?’”
Tyson Apostol on ‘The Problem: USA’
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In Apostol’s interview, he stated he wouldn’t have finished the present had he recognized the actual prize cash at first. “They saved assuring us that it was $500,000 to the winner. All of us didn’t know. After which I requested them after, I used to be like, that was form of a unclean transfer to mislead us like that, they usually’re like, ‘Yeah, we thought lots of you wouldn’t come for $250.’ I used to be like, ‘I for positive wouldn’t be right here.’”
In a couple of months, Lacina and McCray will compete in a particular worldwide event of “The Problem” on Paramount+ — however they’re trying ahead to a break first.
“You understand what’s humorous is straight away when T.J. [Lavin] goes, ‘You guys punched your ticket to the worldwide championship,’ Danny and I checked out one another, like, can we get a refund on these tickets? We simply went by hell,” Lacina stated when requested if the pair will do different seasons sooner or later.
McCray famous that the flagship is probably going “too lengthy” of a shoot for him since he as a 2-year-old daughter at dwelling. When instructed that Season 38 shot for 10 weeks, Lacina responded, “I didn’t even take that lengthy for maternity go away!”
